Sectarianism in Iraq : antagonistic visions of unity
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Sectarianism in Iraq : antagonistic visions of unity
Columbia University Press, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-285) and index
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We often view Iraqis through a sectarian prism, dividing them into either Shi'a or Sunni. Yet are these terms accurate, useful, or even relevant for understanding Iraq's society, history, and politics? The common Iraqi injunction that "we are all brothers" doesn't entirely hold against the sectarian civil war of 2006 and 2007. What role does sectarian identity truly play in Iraq, and how has this shaped our knowledge of the country? Providing the first comprehensive examination of Iraqi sectarian identity, Fanar Haddad examines the relationship between Shi'as and Sunnis and questions the role these distinctions play in Iraqi society. Rather than organize his subjects into categories, Haddad respects group identity and its inherent ambiguities, recognizing that the salience of sectarian identity and attitudes toward the self and other are not fixed. Instead, they belong to a fluctuating dynamic in which the relevance of sectarian identity changes in response to context and socioeconomic and political conditions.
Investigating the forces that drive sectarian identity and its relationship to national identity, Haddad focuses on two crucial turning points in modern Iraqi history: the uprisings of 1991 and the fall of the Ba'ath in 2003. Reaching the core of what shapes sectarian identity over time, Haddad counters alarmist and reductionist accounts that portray Iraq in solely sectarian terms or dismiss the importance of sectarian identity altogether.
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